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...With the possible exception of Rumania, other Warsaw Pact nations would be likely to assist the Soviets in an invasion of Poland. But the last illusions of East bloc cohesion would surely be shattered if the Poles fought back. In that case, says British Kremlinologist Edward Crankshaw, "the bogus fabric of the Warsaw Pact would be in tatters. The U.S.S.R. would be left a moral leper with a ruined 'grand alliance' and a crippling economic liability...
...memory, and his definition of "network" set a lofty and graceful standard in lexicographic science: "anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections." The OAD effort has an admirable simplicity ("an arrangement or pattern with intersecting lines") and certainly surpasses the bulky Webster entry ("a fabric or structure of cords or wires that cross at regular intervals and are knotted or secured at the crossings") but neither improves on the work of the master...
...long time we have been riding the gravy train of vast, cheap natural resources and cheap energy. "Cheap" has gone, and we now face change in our economic structure, our social fabric and our political structure. I doubt if Ronald Reagan is even aware of this. Jimmy Carter has his faults, but at least he understands that we are in a changing world...
...because we have witnessed in our society and in our city enough of conflict and violence so as to threaten the very fabric of our freedoms and diminish the dignity...
...most important quality of a leader is courage. He must act in risky situations on the confidence in his own judgment. He has a responsibility to society not to overstrain its fabric, but he must push it to the limits. He must define that margin where he can influence events. If he exceeds the margin he may bog down. If he goes below the margin he may become irrelevant. If he allows it, the public will project its own insecurities on a leader. Politics is the management of people. It is important to understand the psychology as well...